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We go to the late morning hours. Temperatures thus far in the lower 60s across a lot of the real estate, some of the 50s up to the north bay, 64 freeman 16 meanwhile for san jose. Its a little cooler off to the east bay with a warmer up there in the north bay than we were about 24 hours ago. Today were at 61 at 08 00am i think were still have some fog problems around the immediate they but inland the sun should start shine 75 by 11, looking at minor calling for the middle of the week warming up for the weekend. Well have more on the forecast a bit. Robin sounds good. Thank you dave for to the south bay now a woman caught on camera hurling racial slurs at a postal worker has gone viral. The video was shared on social media showing the woman calling an Asian American worker, a derogatory term and upsetting the other customers inside kron fours dan thorn spoke with a man who shot the video. In a now viral video a racist outburst is caught on camera in los altos woman in the video during her angry rant pearls and antiasian slur at a post office employee. Wall i didnt think it would escalate swear was about moving to time but then. She was just she started cursing i was like ok here we go its not acceptable huyler brumfield is the man heard off camera along with others condemning the derogatory at the fact that the woman is then heard cursing once again. And repeating a racial slur while storming out by karen as a person of color brumfield says he too has experienced similar hate speech. He believes videos like this show theres still a long way to go in addressing racism a spokesperson for the u. S. Postal Service Called the racist tirade at the main Street Post Office unfortunate while adding in part quote no employee should have to suffer any abuse by a customer and we have every right to refuse service to anyone who was abusive usps also confirming with kron 4 news investigation into the matter is under way to treat people as people. Thats ultimately what we need to do that. So thats a whole other continue to do that the big i mean if we start to do that up you can you know well start to see change reporting in los altos dan thorn kron 4 news. Were continuing to track the coronavirus all across the bay area check out the numbers on your screen. Currently there are over 47,000 cases and over 745 deaths and were still seeing the most cases in Alameda County with over 10,000 infections. The virus has been deadliest in Santa Clara County which has 184 deaths if you like to see a full breakdown of cases by city and county you can always find that on our website just head over to kron 4 dot com. Well to the north bay now coronavirus cases are continuing to climb at san quentin state prison. Now currently 537 people in the prison how the virus but more than 1500 have recovered 4 more inmates, including convicted killer, johnny of isla died over the weekend. The states online tracker a prison population shows a total of 19 inmates have died from covid19 10 of them were on death row. The virus is moving fast within the walls of the prison. But its also not isolated to just inside kron fours michelle kingston explains there are more than 250 confirmed covid cases among Staff Members. Were told theyre all given an n 95 mask as they enter the prison and theyre being tested every 2 weeks she has said that she and the in his route. Just woken up a couple days ago. And she can not and bleach he hasnt been able to speak yet. And its still going to probably be a pretty long road to recovery what a short his father is fighting for his life at a Bay Area Hospital after contracting coronavirus at san quentin last month and were on day 27 now and hes still on oxygen. But its not just inmates who are sick as of monday afternoon, the prison reported 251 confirmed covid cases among Staff Members only 78 have returned to work these are men and women who work at the prison and then return home to communities across the bay area we no longer have the luxury. Of confining thousands of people and quite tightly closed spaces. And thinking that it will only impact their Public Health and their public safety. This impacts us all james king was released from san quentin in december and now works for the Ella Baker Center for human rights i think one of the biggest and justice is done. Was to call the san quentin outbreak from the very beginning this has been a marine county outbreak. And i often back a few months ago thought about those people would be a local gas station next to someone who had just gotten off a shift that the largest outbreak in the state and had no clue because they were being told that this outbreak was a current within their community and women to provide better goals here and correctional. Supervision place like san quentin are here they have to go to work every day. Dangerous conditions just tough job. And theyre showing up. In marine county, michelle kingston kron 4 news. Well happening today of the east bay, the Contra Costa County board of supervisors may approve an ordinance that would establish fines for health order violations. This includes wearing face coverings social distancing and gatherings. The fine for individuals would range from 100 to 500 for noncommercial violations commercial violations range from 2. 50 to 1000. Well the San Francisco Catholic Church is under scrutiny after the city says it was all set to host a large indoor wedding and this is not the first time saints, peter and paul church have been accused of violating city Health Orders kron fours Maureen Kelly reports. On the 4th of july the San Francisco City Attorneys Office got a tip that a 100 person wedding was set to be held inside saints. Peter, and paul church in north beach. It was particularly disturbing information because just 5 days prior theyd set the San Francisco archdiocese, this cease and desist letter because of numerous complaints about large Indoor Services which violate the citys Public Health order including a saints. Peter, and paul church after learning about the Independence Day affair representative from the City Attorneys Office sent out to investigate. According to another violation notice sent to the archdiocese. That study investigator found the front door is closed and a sign posted acknowledging that Indoor Services were not allowed. Well the wedding guests entered the church through a garage that city staff are then found a photographer and others inside the Church Setting up for the ceremony. The representative then got the pastor to agree to move the wedding outside and have guests wear face coverings and maintain social distance. U c berkeley Infectious Disease expert John Swartzberg called this disregard of the Public Health order egregious here people worked here responsibly never going to get her insurance problem. If people to contribute to this war. The American Population has to come here and look and look at itself after media reports that some of the attendees may have contracted the virus. The City Attorney shoot a statement which says in part. The reported covid19 outbreak that resulted from the archdiocese failures has hopefully shocked its leadership to taking responsibility of the life and death consequences of whats happening in its church is a spokesperson for the archdiocese says after they got that june cease and desist letter the archbishop. Sent a memo out to all 90 of their parishes. Letting them know they need to follow. The Health Orders of the countys their churches are located him ive reached out to the pastor of saint peter and paul church who has yet to respond. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. Well to the south bay now Santa Clara County is rolling out a new wristband system and its about the coronavirus testing site so what happens is you check in and any pop up coronavirus testing site in the county you get this little wristband its 4 times slide. Thats later in the day after that you return at the designated time on your wristband to get tested. County Officials Say that the supplier for his fans depends on the number of available tests and will only be available while supplies last we have details on our website if want to check it out just head over to kron 4 dot com. Well happening today people will gather to remember those who were killed in the gilroy garlic festival mass shooting one year ago the event call rising together will honor victims and heroes, its being held exactly one year after a 90 yearold man use an Assault Rifle to fire right into the festivals crowd, 3 people died including a 6 yearold boy 19 other people were injured before Gilroy Police officer shot the gunman. The fbis domestic terrorism investigation is still ongoing rising together will be live streamed for the public today at 05 15pm. Coming up next on the kron 4 morning news officials in the east bay are working to protect protesters. Despite a weekend of violence, whats behind their latest move. Plus a covid19 scares closing doors at north bay fire station how the department is still protecting residents has more than a dozen firefighters are forced to quarantine. And also coming up after the break the late congressman john lewis is lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda this morning, well talk this solemn motorcade and take a look at that coming up after the break. How about a little trip outside we are checking in on the san mateo bridge of course we already have a crowd because its our first bridge to start backing up in the morning so little busy here on westbound 92 we see the brake lights, leaving hey were heading over to the peninsula but so far no major hot spots how about some temperatures 59 degrees right now in hayward 55 and Half Moon Bay 55 in San Francisco and 57 degrees in the bottom of your full forecast coming up. Welcome back everyone, the time is 4. 13, lets head over to the Weather Center and check back in with dave spahr to get an update on todays forecast a ok good morning robin good morning everybody live shot from sfo a nice a stark contrast we can see so why not much the way of ground fog intruding here. Temperatures for us so we got 58 for concord 64 any off 56 meanwhile for livermore with the 50s up to the north bay 55 San Francisco, 60s check in for san jose. The onshore winds will build again for today and this afternoon, providing minor calling for us at least enough to prevent what we could get so like were going to see in the Central Valley today, well lose some of that impact though importantly as we get into the weekend this will see some warming coming our way by that point. So heres what weve got going on morning clouds and fog and drizzle too sunny and warm to the afternoon we still going to have 90s it looks like the whole period with a couple of token locations and that by mid week, even though were going to see some lighter cooling going on to still be a couple 90s here and there then by this weekend could expand that territory is saying the 90s and really bumping up to maybe in the middle 90s in some locations so what could be called maybe a little bit of a minor heat spike coming our way for today, it looks like 65 San Francisco open coming in at 72. 84 meanwhile for san jose we got the middle 90s potentially going on in the far east bay in antioch up to the north bay. Its a mixture some 80s 72 going on for oakland 77 for hayward 84 meanwhile for san jose course coming up in a bit well have that 4 zone forecast check on whats going on your neck of the woods right now checking in and traffic, heres robin. Thank you dave, lets head out to the bridges who want to check in on your morning commute and see how its moving out there. First starting off with one of our busiest bridges during the morning drive and thats the bay bridge 80 wesson to San Francisco off to a fantastic start nothing reported on the span or in downtown San Francisco. So nows your chance come on and beat the rush its under 15 minutes to make it off to the fremont street exit. All right, lets speak its more bridges, we have 92 which is always the first to start stacking up doesnt mean its bad its just a little busy and its going to get busier as we continue through the morning drive so get on out there while were hot spot free. No problems are trouble spots heading over to the peninsula so rolling into foster city san mateo one oh one to 80 all is well so far well take a peek at more bridges coming up a little bit later. Solemn sounds in our Nations Capital for congressman john lewis on monday a motorcade carrying his body stopped at a black lives matter plaza in dc while Amazing Grace played there in the background during an invite only ceremony at the Capitol Rotunda, congressional leaders praise louis as a moral force for the nation. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called him the conscience of the congress who is revered on both sides of the aisle. We knew that he always worked on the side of the angels and now we know that he is with them they all of us. That he will leave behind under this doll. Pray for a fraction. Of john schreck. Lewis is the first black lawmaker to lie in state in the rotunda. His body will return to georgia. Were a private funeral will be held thursday. Democratic state lawmakers unveiled a 100 billion dollar stimulus plan a response to the pandemic for the state. It includes tax breaks for Small Businesses Financial Relief for undocumented immigrant workers and an increase in Affordable Housing and renter protections. The plan is aimed at accelerating revenue collection from many already available funding streams without raising taxes. It would also involve barring from the federal government to boost the states unemployment program, lawmakers in both chambers want to get the bill passed before the end of the session a deadline. Governor newsome wasnt ready to comment on the proposal because he has not seen the details just yet. Inclusion and thats foundational in terms of any package needs to move forward. We have to include a framework of bringing people along as we reopen our economy and as we grow our economy. One of the leaders who came up with a plan San Francisco Assemblyman Phil Ting said in part quote our strategy ensures people dont fall further behind while also generating opportunities to put people back to work and build a stronger california unquote. Well the California Senate Republican Caucus responded without direct comment saying quote these summaries are Broad Strokes and some may sound appealing but when it comes to California Democrats proposal. The devil is always in the details consider what they have done since the start of the pandemic on call. California democrats have allowed an increase in the gas tax during one of the worst economic crisis since the great depression, they spent billions of dollars on homeless only to see the situation worsen. Ever changing Small Business directives and guidelines are putting at risk the safety of every california president by allowing excuse in california resident by allowing 18,000 convicted felons back into our communities on code lawmakers in both chambers want to get the deal passed before the end of session deadline, so definitely keepers. A new relief for struggling americans may soon be coming nationwide republican lawmakers unveiled their 1 trillion dollar Coronavirus Relief proposal on capitol hill yesterday. Now its called the hills acton in the proposal. The gop wants another round of stimulus checks cuts to enhance Unemployment Benefits by 400. Dollars allocate billions for testing Top Federal Health agencies and also putting more than 100 billion dollars toward reopening schools. Democrats are angry that enhance weekly Unemployment Benefits would go from 600 down to just 200 and theres no indication that the majority of republicans will support it. At the republicans are going to vote no to any pays for package. Thats just a fact not only do we not know if the president supports any of these proposals. We dont even know if Senate Republicans fully support them. Well Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer slammed the hills act proposal and in fact id took republicans months to finish it benefits from the last bill are set to expire on expire on friday. Well happening today state legislators will consider a bill that would require Cell Phone Companies to have backup power for there cell phone towers so the goal is to help people make calls during planned wildfire power outages. The bill is sponsored by state senator steve glazer who represents part of the east bay in the bill would require companies to provide backup powers to cell phone towers for 3 days if utilities shut off power. Now the hearing on this bill will begin at 10 oclock this morning. Coming up next on the kron 4 morning news as kids get ready to head back to school. Parents will have to shell out more money to get them ready why back to school prep. Well be more costly this year. And a look outside at the Golden Gate Bridge were checking in on conditions outside your door of course, youre waking up to overcast skies this morning thats our norm right were going get some sunshine later on this afternoon they start tracking your forecast. Well have more details coming up. Welcome back everyone with jets weeks to go before a chance are supposed to head back to School Across the country. Many districts are choosing to begin a entirely online or to just let parents decide which means a lot of homes are going to need to spend a lot of money to get those supplies and that could lead to record level spending Mandy Gaither tells us just how much. Parents across the country are preparing to once again turn their dining rooms into classrooms and that means theyre going to need to supplement the things that are normally found at school according to the National Retail federation, this means families could spend a record amount on back to School Shopping for parents with kids in kindergarten through 12th grade the previous spending record was nearly 700 per family this year. It could top that with a projected average of close to 800 and 4 college students. We know those textbooks and laptops are cheap. Those families to be looking at an average of more than 1000 up from last years record of about 976 according to the survey of over 7,000 consumers, 88 say the coronavirus pandemic will affect their shopping more than half of parents with kids in k through 12 will do their shopping online and more families are planning to buy Electronics Like computers, this year with all this increased spending 30 say Comparison Shopping is going to be key this year. For consumer watch im Mandy Gaither. Well in National News President Trump visited North Carolina monday to tour a biotechnologies plan which is manufacturing a coronavirus vaccine. Thats being developed by novavax the president did wear a mask while visiting the plant, the Trump Administration announced a one 0. 6 billion dollar deal to produce 100 million. The companys vaccines. The governments agreement with novavaxs part of the administrations 10 billion dollar operation warp speed. Its aimed at getting 300 million safe and effective vaccines to the American People by january of 2021. Well new this morning, the nations second largest largest Movie Theater chain plans to reopen some of its locations in the u. S. By next month so Regal Cinemas see an ounce said it will reopen august 21st. The company says that theaters that opened their doors will and forth in force health and safety measures, including requiring its employees and customers to wear a mask, regal operates 549 locations in 42 states. The theater chain has not said which locations will start operating again in august but well definitely keep you posted. Health departments in los angeles new york and many other locations have not given theaters in their areas, the okay to welcome back guests just yet. On the kron 4 morning news. Were learning new details about a newly bus driver who was attacked. By a person who hit him with a bat in San Francisco, the concerns. Violence for drivers and forcing Health Orders coming out. A little trip outside before we go back to the bay bridge where traffic remains calm and quiet into San Francisco, no hot spots to get on out there before it gets too busy. Well have a complete traffic check coming up in just and stay with us. Welcome back everyone, the time is 4. 29 good morning and thanks for staying with us. Lets also say good morning to meteorologist dave spahr who has an update on your forecast today, hey good morning, our robin good morning everybody live shot coming in from the bay still waiting for the sun to give us some gray off towards the distance because it will be overcast to get things started later on that will mix out for us and the glaze at the golden gate as well and weve got some work going on by the way. On the lane coming south of southbound lane. A little bit down to one lane it is for now future cast for we watch the morning fog dissipates and in the afternoon nothing develops up there in the sierra fall returns again for tonight wednesday morning. Still with us with some of the coastal drizzle. This is we have a dip in the temperatures were talking about and still Nothing Happened the sierras. So we can get a little breather from those afternoon little starts